Sports: Basketball season begins, Volleyball senior day

Volleyball final home games: SMU Women’s Volleyball play their two final home games of the season Nov. 15-17. The Mustangs are currently 4th in the AAC with a 9-4 record and have the league’s second most efficient offense. The first game is Friday, Nov. 15 against temple at 7 p.m.; Temple has a 8-4 record in the AAC. The final home game is Sunday, Nov. 17 against Memphis at 1 p.m.; Memphis has a 4-8 record in the AAC. Sunday’s game is also Senior Day, and the Mustangs will honor teammates Caroline Day and Maddie Lozano. Sophomore Avery Acker was also recently recognized with CoSIDA Academic All-District honors; she is the second player in SMU history to earn this distinction.

Volleyball seniors via SMU Athletics

Football remembers Miracle on Mockingbird: The Mustangs return to Ford Stadium Saturday, Nov. 16 to take on the UConn Huskies. This is the second time in history SMU will play UConn; the last game was Sept. 16, 1989 and led to the team’s first victory after a two-year hiatus from football. SMU was able to win 31-30 by pulling ahead in the last five minutes, and the game became known as “the Miracle on Mockingbird.” The Mustangs enter this weekend’s matchup with a 2-2 record in the AAC conference and quarterback Garrett Gilbert leading the nation in total offense with a 409.4 ypg. Kickoff is at 2 p.m., and ESPN3 will air the game.

Basketball Begins

Men’s: The Mustang men are currently 2-0 in the AAC after winning their first two home games. They kicked off the season with a victory against TCU 69-61 and continued the winning steak against Rhode Island 89-58. Through the two games SMU held its opponents to a 32.7 percent shooting. The next game for the men is Monday, Nov. 18 at Arkansas. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

Women’s: The lady Mustangs have also had a strong start to their season, securing a 2-0 record in the AAC conference. The women most recently defeated rival TCU in overtime 72-68. They will hit the road for their third game against Eastern Washington, Saturday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. Eastern Washington enters the game with a 0-1 record after losing their season opener to Portland. SMU’s Keena Mays became the first women’s basketball player to earn AAC Player of the Week after scoring more than 20 points in the Mustangs’ first two games.

The men’s and women’s basketball teams will both return to Moody Coliseum on Jan. 4, 2014 for a double header.